Converting to NTFS

J

Jon Lie

I'm running Winxp pro sp2 with all updates installed. My pc came
preconfigured with the OS on a FAT32 formatted HD. Can I convert this to
NTFS without any risk of loosing my data?
 
G

GreenieLeBrun

Jon said:
I'm running Winxp pro sp2 with all updates installed. My pc came
preconfigured with the OS on a FAT32 formatted HD. Can I convert this to
NTFS without any risk of loosing my data?
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Even though MS says you can do this (see my previous post) I would
still back up my data, email, address book, bookmarks etc to some
external media just in case.
 
A

Ayush

K

Ken Blake, MVP

Jon said:
I'm running Winxp pro sp2 with all updates installed. My pc came
preconfigured with the OS on a FAT32 formatted HD. Can I convert this
to NTFS without any risk of loosing my data?
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There is always risk. It's small in this case, but it exists.

To convert to NTFS, you use the CONVERT command. But first read
http://www.aumha.org/a/ntfscvt.htm because there's an issue regarding
cluster size that isn't obvious.

Conversion is a big step, affecting everything on your drive. When you take
such a big step, no matter how unlikely, it is always possible that
something could go wrong. For that reason, it's prudent to make sure you
have a backup of anything you can't afford to lose before beginning.
 

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